The Impact of Facebook on Students' Academic Performance

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Facebook is one of the most famous social networking websites which has become a part of the daily routine for most college students. This has led to a question amongst researchers whether students’ use of this networking site influences their academic outcomes. This literature review will examine and synthesize the published current research concerning the impact of Facebook on college students’ academic performance. Even though most studies are inconclusive in determining the relationship between Facebook and academic performance, all researchers contribute to understanding the way that Facebook might affect students’ academic achievement. While some studies speculate that Facebook does not impact academic outcomes, most studies show that there is a significant relationship between Facebook usage and college students’ academic performance, which is indicated by GPAs and students’ engagements.

Minor Research about Facebook’s Impacts on Academic Performance

Few researches found that there is no relationship between Facebook and college students’ academic performance. For instance, Sana Rouis examines that Facebook has no significant effect on students’ achievement (296). In her research, she surveyed a large group of 203 undergraduate students and employed two different types of data analysis (298). Focusing on the same type of participants, Syarif Husin Lubis et al. also found that there is no difference between Facebook users and non users in terms of their academic performance (590). Although Lubis et al. surveyed a smaller number of participants, their research is more thorough than Rouis’ because it employs more control variables (591). Furthermore, unlike Rouis, Lubis et al. are more detailed in their research by examini...

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Rouis, Sana. "Impact of Cognitive Absorption on Facebook on Students' Achievement." Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 15.6 (2012): 296-303. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Feb. 2014.

Wang, Jenny et al. "Meaningful Engagement in Facebook Learning Environments: Merging Social and Academic Lives." Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) 14.1 (2013): 302-322. Ed.gov with Full Text. 9 Feb. 2014.

Wise, L. Z., Jason Skues, and Benedict Williams. "Facebook in Higher Education Promotes Social but not Academic Engagement." Changing Demands, Changing Directions. Proceedings Ascilite Hobart 2011 (2011): 1333-1342. Ascilite with Full Text. 9 Feb. 2014.

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